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*shivers*
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Howdy!
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Yup, Simms is another good place for a custom guard.
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Depending on how far you stray from the brown shell standard, the first place to check is with Fender. I don't recommend WD or Allparts guards, as they are rarely a good fit. However, it must be said that even Fenders don't fit that well sometimes...
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It is, actually - Precisions had a 'narrow neck' optiion for quite a number of years. Def special order, though. There's certainly not that many of them, though...
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Solid ebony single screw finger rest, or thumb rest, depending where you wanna put it! Got it from the states, but then got a raw maple one from Bravewood which looks the part more, so... [b]£5 delivered.[/b] Screw not included. Den -
I'm an electronics tech trained on all things thermionic, from basic audio amps to whole radar systems. I like valves! But compared to a good solid state amp (all considerations of tone aside), they are inefficient and unreliable, and there is, quite literally, no way to change that. If you must have 'that' tone, fine. But expect to a) pay, and keep on paying. No-one who regularly gigs a valve amp should expect to revalve it less often than once a year. In practice, they do last longer if looked after, but that's what you HAVE to plan for. The amp tech's mantra here, for a 100W Marshall, is a fiver a gig at two gigs a month, or one gig a month for a 50Watter. In terms of reliability and cost, solid state is having your cake and eating it. It cannot ever be that way for tubes. But they do sound good!
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Howdy! I know just what fun it is to unrot those fingers...
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bumpety
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It's not just a temperature thing, letting them cool down. The heater filaments are MUCH more fragile while still hot, and more prone to just breaking. Any physical shock while still hot risks this. It's why car bulbs are made so tough. And expensive. Or projector lamps. Very fragile when hot!
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Correct, if you're not putting a Strat or Tele in it, what's the point?
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No. Welcome!
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Welcome back to the bass!
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Just go for the Squier (note the Speeling, chaps!) Classic Vibe 60s P. Only possible downside is that it's only available in Sonic Blue... [url="http://www.squierguitars.com/products/search.php?partno=0303070572"]Classic Vibe 60s Precision[/url]
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[quote name='Crazykiwi' post='324578' date='Nov 7 2008, 11:07 PM']Sade is one of those rare ladies who start off jaw droppingly gorgeous, come across as intelligent yet grounded in interviews and 20-odd years later she hasn't aged either... :wub: SIGH :wub:[/quote] +1...
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[quote name='benwhiteuk' post='314312' date='Oct 25 2008, 12:28 AM']if you can't do it with 4 strings, you aint tryin' hard enough [/quote] Truth!
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Indeed, and careful handling while warm. 10 minute cool-down before moving, if possible.
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Valves are particularly sensitive to impedance mis-match. Unlike solid state, you cannot plug an 8-ohm cab into a 4 ohm output and just lose some power. It MUST be matched. While it will work for a while, both the output valves and the output transformer will suffer.
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Thufinger rests - there's that definition sorted!
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What's so good about old bass guitars?
Telebass replied to Peter Train's topic in General Discussion
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Yup, got me one o' they too! Gets used as much as yours...
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[quote name='martthebass' post='322928' date='Nov 5 2008, 07:58 PM']While ever there's music like that SKY will have no problem finding backing for the 'search channels' page........[/quote] +1
